C. 1930s Whitney Carriage Co. Salesman Sample Wicker Hamper in Seafoam Green Paint lemon reamer approx 4 3/4" across with

approx 4 3/4" across with handle

with much aging to the metal giving it a (to my eye) beautifully crusty surface

21 1/4" 22 1/8" x approx 2 1/2" d

minty green and white with black for the eye and beak

or in the air

C. 1930s Whitney Carriage Co. Salesman Sample Wicker Hamper in Seafoam Green Paint lemon reamer approx 4 3/4" across withRare, smart looking, and useful too, this tabletop scale painted wicker hamper, a salesman sample I am pretty certain, was made by the F. A. Whitney Carriage Company of Leominster, MA founded in 1858 and the first manufacturers of baby carriages in America. The company seems mostly to have stuck to its guns, continuing to make carriages for children and dolls, though also, in the first half of the 20th century, a few varieties of hampers, including